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Whitney @WhitneyDCrow

Mississippi State University. Extension Entomologist.

Joined May 2014
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Justin Calhoun@justin_calhoun
Jun 12
Looking forward to having everyone in Starkville to look at plots and talk beans in August!
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Whitney@WhitneyDCrow
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Mississippi Corn Update from Dr. Erick Larson 🌽 ✅ 80–90% of that crop is already planted ✅ Conditions have been excellent for planting ❄️ Freeze Setbacks ⚠️ Don’t Get Ahead of the Crop #MCPB #MSCorn #Plant2026 #CornGrowers #MSAgCropUpdate
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Be sure to join us as we prepare for the 2026 growing season.
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Tyler Towles@TylerBTowles
Jan 9
One of my old Ph.D. advisers, Jeff Gore, received the Excellence in Cotton IPM Award at the 2026 Beltwide Cotton Conferences. Several of his past graduate students were in attendance. Jeff has been an integral figure in our success and cotton IPM as a whole.
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Crop Protection Network
@CropNetwork
Jan 7
Cotton yield loss data from insect pests across states and years available at @MSU_AG's agscipp.msstate.edu/extensio…. From Extension. @DonCook6 @ScottGraham72 @thrashnbugs @westksbugs @DominicDReisig @Ron_Smith23 @NickBateman @IGrett @DrBugKid @JamesMVillegas @dawkerns @WhitneyDCrow @TylerBTowles @OSU_CottonIPM @ashmfaris @SebeABrown @DKernsAg @TBryant_VT @CottonInc #cotton #insects
Illustration of cotton bollworm in a cotton boll.

ALT Illustration of cotton bollworm in a cotton boll.

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2025 MSU Row Crop Short Course Program. We look forward to seeing you next week!
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Two-Spotted Cotton Leafhopper / Cotton Jassid Update mississippi-crops.com/2025/0… # via @MSUExtService

Two-Spotted Cotton Leafhopper / Cotton Jassid Update

Over the past several weeks, we have been in communication with our colleagues in Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama who have been battling the two-spotted cotton leafhopper (TSCL), also…

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Crop Protection Network
@CropNetwork
30 Jul 2025
Check out the Soybean Insect Defoliation Training from Extension at severity.cropprotectionnetwo…. @DominicDReisig @WhitneyDCrow @TBryant_VT @IvairValmorbida @bick_emily @justinmcmechan @ashleyn_dean @ashmfaris @OhBuggers @nick_seiter @thrashnbugs @SebeABrown @ScottGraham72 #soybean #insects #USSoy
Soybean leaflet with 1 percent simulated defoliation.

ALT Soybean leaflet with 1 percent simulated defoliation.

Soybean leaflet with 5 percent simulated defoliation.

ALT Soybean leaflet with 5 percent simulated defoliation.

Soybean leaflet with 20 percent simulated defoliation.

ALT Soybean leaflet with 20 percent simulated defoliation.

Soybean leaflet with 30 percent simulated defoliation.

ALT Soybean leaflet with 30 percent simulated defoliation.
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Crop Protection Network
@CropNetwork
16 Jul 2025
Watch Scouting for Cotton Insect Pests at youtu.be/1x-XPrJ0TqE. From @AAMUExtension's @ScottGraham72. @CottonInc @AuburnU @TheCottonBoard @kmbiss @KansasCotton @GACottonComm @CouncilCotton @IvairValmorbida @WhitneyDCrow @DominicDReisig @TBryant_VT #cotton #grow25 #scout25

Scouting for Cotton Insect Pests

Gain a big picture understanding of the main pests dealt with in th...

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Crop Protection Network
@CropNetwork
19 Feb 2025
In 2024, insect pests caused an estimated loss of 610 million bushels across the U.S. and Ontario. Spoiler alert: corn rootworm caused the most losses. Find out more in the NEW pub at cropprotectionnetwork.org/pu… From Extension. @DominicDReisig @ScottGraham72 @NYSIPM @OhBuggers @ISU_IPM @westksbugs @WhitneyDCrow @PinChuLaiii @PetersonInsects @SDSUExt_Insects @SebeABrown @bick_emily @NCExtension @AAMUExtension @ArkAgResearch @ARCrops @epp_tn @LSUAgCenter @NDSUExtension @PurdueExtension @tamuentomology @PSU_Entomology @MSUExtension @UWMadisonExt @NationalCorn
Treemap showing proportion of losses caused by the insect pests responsible for the top estimated losses of corn yield.

ALT Treemap showing proportion of losses caused by the insect pests responsible for the top estimated losses of corn yield.

Corn earworm caterpillar side view on a leaf.

ALT Corn earworm caterpillar side view on a leaf.

Partial table showing losses in thousands of bushels due to insect pests.

ALT Partial table showing losses in thousands of bushels due to insect pests.

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Whitney@WhitneyDCrow
10 Feb 2025
Lots of opportunities to join us this week! #mscrops
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Even with the chance of rain, we had a great turnout at the peanut cotton grower meeting hosted by Heath Steede in George Co.
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Crop Protection Network
@CropNetwork
8 Aug 2024
Check out Soybean Invertebrate Loss Estimates from the U.S. - 2023 from Extension at cropprotectionnetwork.org/pu…. @WhitneyDCrow @bick_emily @SebeABrown @ScottGraham72 @OhBuggers @DominicDReisig @nick_seiter @thrashnbugs @ISU_IPM @ISUExtension @MSUExtService @PurdueExtEnt @EntsocAmerica @MSUEntomology @AginArk @MizzouIPM @UDExtension @UWMadisonExt @BugStewart @CUESNews @txextension @UnitedSoy @OSU_HortCropSci @SoybeanScience1 more #agtwitter #agX #insects #soybean
green stink bug nymph

ALT green stink bug nymph

Tree map showing proportion of yield loss by pest.

ALT Tree map showing proportion of yield loss by pest.

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Whitney@WhitneyDCrow
22 Jul 2024
Don’t forget to register by August 1st. reg.extension.msstate.edu/re…
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